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run out of gasNorth American informal Run out of energy; lose momentum: as a humorist he ran out of gas years ago...- He, who tied a record with 30 sets spanning 20 hours in seven matches last year, is trying to conserve energy this time after running out of gas in the 2004 final against Roger.
- The pop craze over the Kabbalah Centre may have passed and despite the group's energy drink, it may be running out of gas.
- Now that the yield curve has ‘lost its curve’, this profit engine has run out of gas.
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